Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.
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MADAGASCAR’S JELLYFISH
REIGNITING A STAR
AMOEBAE ABODE
OCEAN ALIENS
NASA detects rare ‘double quasar’
Ancient people created cave art while hallucinating
Mountains of space dust fall on Earth each year
How tarantulas conquered Earth
Telescope lasers used in war against space junk
‘Brazil nut puzzle’ cracked by researchers
‘Ghost forests’ invade the North Carolina coast
Pterosaurs had bizarre neck bones
Famous Antarctic iceberg finally melts away
Astronomers detect imminent supernova
Protoplanet remnant may hide inside Earth
Endangered monkeys saved from fatal car collisions
WISH LIST • The latest OUTDOOR gadgets
APPS & TOOLS
NATURAL WONDERS • HOW OUR PLANET’S MOST IMPRESSIVE SIGHTS, STRUCTURES AND LANDFORMS WERE SCULPTED BY GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES LONG BEFORE HUMANS EXISTED
How the sky lights up • THEY MIGHT SEEM MAGICAL, BUT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY SIMPLE SCIENCE
DID YOU KNOW?
Causeway construction • EARTH MANAGED TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL FEATURE COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT
Growing giant gems • THE CAVE SPROUTED CRYSTALS WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
How the wind sculpts sand • DESERT BREEZES CREATE LANDFORMS FROM THE SAND AS THEY BLOW
Grand excavation • THE GEOLOGICAL ACTION THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THE GRAND CANYON STARTED LONG BEFORE THE FIRST DINOSAURS EVOLVED
History of the Himalayas • THE ROCKS ATOP MOUNT EVEREST ONCE SAT ON THE SEAFLOOR
A look underground • THERE’S MORE GOING ON IN MUD VOLCANOES THAN MEETS THE EYE
How the waterfall formed • IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THE RIGHT GEOLOGY FOR A TRICKLE TO BECOME A THUNDERING TORRENT
Colour story • THE STUNNING ARRAY OF SHADES IN THIS SPRING ARE CREATED BY MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS
FLOWER POWER • How these blooms dominate the plant population and enhance our lives
DID YOU KNOW?
Anatomy of a flower • Peel back the petals of these pretty plants
FIVE TYPES OF POLLEN TRANSPORT • Meet the main players in pollination
POST-POLLINATION • How does a pollen grain create new life?
DID YOU KNOW?
ATTRACT VS ATTACK • How do flowering plants both coax pollinators and repel predators?
What makes a flower ‘perfect’?
WEIRD FLOWERS OF THE WORLD • Discover some of the planet’s diverse plant population
Flowers for food
MEDICINAL POWER • How do floral species benefit human health?
5 FACTS ABOUT EDIBLE FLOWERS
Inside the body of a blood-sucker • How leeches latch on your skin and feed through your flesh
Anatomy of a bite • These vampiric invertebrates suck blood from the wound they make
Parasite therapy
COULD WE BUILD JURASSIC PARK? • As science advances, we may find bringing dinosaurs back to life is a realistic prospect
Have we found dinosaur DNA?
CLONING DINOSAURS • Follow the method seen in
JACK HORNER • Jurassic Park’s scientific advisor has plans to make a pet dinosaur
Living with dinosaurs
CREATING THE PARK • How would dinosaurs acclimatise to their new era and neighbours?
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A BITE TO EAT • How much food could an...